I recently went to Italy with my family and it was AMAZING!!!! We obviously had some ups and downs but overall the trip in our (mine and Dan’s) opinion was magical with so many great memories. We are already planning next year’s trip and I just love being able to share my love of traveling with my boys.
I brought my polaroid and my brother got Logan this cute black and white printer camera and we took lots of pictures.
Waiting for our flight to Munich, for some reason there was no direct flight to Rome from Chicago so we had to have a layover in Munich (only 50 minutes in between flights, I wanted to kill Dan)
Logan working on his sticker by number piece
I was really worried for Logan (8 years old) flying because he gets motion sickness, but he only started to feel sick at the last hour so it was very manageable.
As soon as our plane landed we made a run to reach our connecting flight. We had to go through passport control and take a shuttle to our gate but thank goodness we made it!
Our hotel was right by the Piazza Navona, we picked it for its location and knowing that me and Dan would like to have a drink after we put Logan down and have Dylan watch him while we are right downstairs. This hotel location was perfect for us!
Our first meal and had the kids falling in love with my Spaghetti and clams meal I always get when in Italy.
Steak was so good and simple
My heart!
Pantheon was a quick walk so we stopped by to try to avoid jet lag
Took the boys to one of my favorite dessert places and ordered them a Grannita, it was so good and my oldest got one every day!
Trevi fountain is right by the Pantheon so had the boys toss their coin and make a wish to come back
So pretty!
Stopped by a random church
Getting ready for bed to sleep away the jet lag at night
Breakfast was brought to our room daily
It was pretty tasty but the coffee was just awful lolol I never would have thought Italy would have bad coffee but this hotel did
Dan and I have a fondness for this turtle fountain since 2014. We always visit it and shared why we love it with the kids
We walked to see the Mouth of Truth. Logan has been dying to see this since he was a toddler and he was so excited to see it in person
Dylan went first
Then Logan went and he was so cute
Me and Dan
In the same church they have St. Valentine’s skull, odd but also pretty neat
I love random art and this was spotted everywhere in Rome
Making our way to the Colosseum
We had time before our time slot to go in so we got a quick lunch
Made our way in and the kids were in awe
It is always a beautiful site to see
My babies
Walking around the Roman Forum
Gelato stop
Boys wanted to see the Colosseum at night
The following day Dan and Dylan had a bike tour scheduled and me and Logan had a Street Food Tour
Again this Turtle Fountain has made yet another appearance lolol, we are always around it no matter what
We ran into Dan and Dylan when me and Logan were waiting for our food tour at the Campo de’ Fiori
Our first food stop
All of these meats were so good and the wine was delicious
Second stop my favorite type of pizza, Roman pizza, this was my favorite and so simple, just red sauce and dough
Third stop had us eating arancini, so good
Dan and Dylan’s cute picture in front of the Colosseum
Me and Logan’s 4th stop
I dream of these fried artichokes from the Jewish Quarter all the time. They are my very favorite and imagine my surprise and delight when Logan also loved them and ate 3 of them!!!
Our final stop was of course gelato
Our walk back
We met up with Dylan and Dan and at night we went to Castel Sant’Angelo,, we happened to be there the first Sunday of the month so it was free entry! The line was long but we only waited 30/45 min
I love this view from the top
Dinner had us eating at a sit down inside since it started to rain on/off. This Walter White painting on the top left had me cracking up
Desserts were so good
Adventures of Janet 